Download or read book Introduction to Modern One-act Plays written by Marsh Cassady and published by McGraw-Hill/Glencoe. This book was released on 1991 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The one-act play occupies a special niche in the history of modern theatre, attracting major talents like Eugene O'Neill and Susan Glaspell, Terence Rattigan, James M. Barrie, and J. M. Synge, Dorothy Parker and George S. Kaufman. In this collection, 'An Introduction to Modern One-Act Plays, ' Marshall Cassady, veteran writer and teacher, has assembled seventeen complete one-acters by these and other famous writers.